The Charles Gordon Market in Jamaica. (Photo via CMC)
KINGSTON (CMC) – A female vendor who was seen urinating in a bottle near the Charles Gordon Market in the second city of Montego Bay in western Jamaica, is facing six charges and is scheduled to appear in court later this month.
According to the acting chief public health inspector for the St. James Public Health Services, Sherika Lewis, the woman is facing six charges, including that of not having a food handler’s permit.
The vendor was charged when a video surfaced last month, in which she was captured urinating in a plastic bottle, she then returned to her business – of selling ground provisions and fruits, without appearing to wash her hands.
The vendor’s identity was not released.
The acting chief public health inspector disclosed that the health department will be facilitating a food handler’s training and workshop for all vendors, next month.